Surfing Underground by Eduardo Castillo

Eponine Howarth

Photograph by David Ramos "Albin" 35mm

These poems were published in the book: SURFING UNDERGROUND (2020, Jonan Etxebarria)

Haikus

No poems today
only more
“grinding” stone.

No poems today
only more
falling lines.

Short and tight

No bait nor longing,
only heartfelt purity
of an experience
dreamed
of a curve
carved.

Human Disguise

I, me, my, with me
and my superego,
disguised as a barefoot human…
with his feet anchored
in cement and foam,
still unable to move forward.

Autumn will return
with its waves
and mermaids singing.
And…
you'll dream again
that you’re making love
while it wraps you
in its darkness.

You're afraid and you don't know why.
Although sometimes
for an instant
everything is all right.

C’est la vie

Inhale stone,
breathe saltpetre.
And so on…
until you faint.

Centrifuged

Trapped beneath the foam
your eyes you can't close them.
Between flashes of green and orange
you live in a world that isn’t real.
You can't get out,
you're trapped.
In a bathtub of darkness
...you're going to drown.

***

Haikus

No hay poemas
hoy sólo más piedra
que “grindar”.

No hay poemas hoy
sólo más líneas
que caen.

Cortas y apretadas

No hay ni anzuelo ni anhelo,
sólo la pureza sentida
de una vivencia
soñada
de una curva
carveada.

Disfraz de Humano

Yo, mí, me, conmigo
y mi superyó,
con disfraz de humano descalzo...
con los pies anclados
al cemento y a las espumas,
sigo sin poder avanzar.

Volverá el otoño con sus ondas
y sus cantos de sirena.
Y...
volverás a soñar que haces el amor mientras te envuelve en su oscuridad.

Tienes miedo y no sabes por qué. Aunque a veces
por un instante
todo está bien.

C’est la vie

Aspira piedra,
inspira salitre.
Y así…
hasta desfallecer.

Centrifugado

Atrapado bajo la espuma
tus ojos no los puedes cerrar.
Entre destellos verdes y naranjas
vives un mundo no real.
No puedes salir,
atrapado estás.
En una bañera de claroscuros
...te vas a ahogar.

Eduardo Castillo Picón is a skater, a poet, and in another life, a historian. Eager to feel, clinging to his skate, the sea and poetry. He is the author of a collection of short stories titled Entre Líneas y Curvas and a collection of poems titled Surfing Underground (2022). @patinypoesias


Eponine Howarth

Eponine Howarth is co-editor-in-chief of La Piccioletta Barca.

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